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6. FINDINGS<br />

(210) Nor upon those which may be drawn from their parts by assation,<br />

pressing, or otherwise, as the Gravies, and Liquors of Meats, &c.<br />

(E3 1678 Charas Royal pharmacopoea Remedy)<br />

Concerning the texts intended for a learned audience such as surgeons and<br />

specialists, Figures 10 and 11 show that native –ing nominals have a higher frequency than<br />

Romance nominalizations only in E1, when –ing reaches a normalized frequency of 50.3<br />

in surgical treatises and 86.4 in academic treatises. However, by the end of the EModE<br />

period –(at)ion becomes the most common suffix, reaching a normalized frequency of<br />

111.4 in texts for surgeons. In the case of texts for specialized audiences, this increase is<br />

yet higher, reaching a normalized frequency of 151.5 in E3.<br />

Figure 10. Suffixes used in surgical treatises, by time period (raw figures)<br />

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